Hazard has reportedly been told in great detail of Zidane’s tactics were he to sign for the La Liga champions, with the Belgian operating in an advanced playmaker role behind the famous BBC of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The devastating front four might be too much to turn down for Hazard, who considers Zidane as one of his footballing idols.

Meanwhile, United have rejected a £60million bid for De Gea, who has been courted by Madrid for a number of years.

A rogue fax machine was infamously behind the Spaniard’s failed move to Madrid on deadline day in 2015.

But we’ve been reliably informed that Los Blancos have upgraded their Windows XP computers and their fax machine has been fully serviced. Watch this space.

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